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Date: Tue, 20 May 2014 07:02:43 +0200 From: Fabian Frederick <fabf@...net.be> To: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH V2 mmots] fs/hfsplus/wrapper.c: replace shift loop by fls On Mon, 19 May 2014 16:50:05 -0700 Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> wrote: > On Mon, 2014-05-19 at 16:40 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > > On Mon, 19 May 2014 16:22:28 -0700 Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> wrote: > > > > > On Mon, 2014-05-19 at 16:09 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > > > > On Fri, 16 May 2014 22:38:15 +0200 Fabian Frederick <fabf@...net.be> wrote: > > > > > Replace while blocksize;shift by fls -1 > > > [] > > > > fls() always makes my brain hurt. ilog() is nicer? > > > Maybe take an aspirin? > > > ilog2(n) is effectively fls(n) - 1 > > Precisely. ilog2() means "integer log 2". Whereas fls() is some weird > > low-level bit-scanning thing. > > <shrug> find-last[bit]-set is pretty obvious to me. > ilog2(n) makes me think just a little more. > > > What we want at this callsite is "integer log 2". So use it. > > Same thing. Same ratio of use too. > > $ git grep -w fls | wc -l > 457 > $ git grep -w ilog2 | wc -l > 391 and the winner is ? :) > > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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